Five Points bar Jake’s of Columbia, which has a history of defending lawsuits that allege its overserving of alcohol has caused drunk driving deaths and injuries, is trying to keep secret the settlement in its latest drunk driving death lawsuit.
A secrecy motion by Jake’s lawyers is scheduled to be heard at noon Friday, Sept. 5, before state Judge William McGee in a virtual session.
The State newspaper, represented by attorney Jay Bender, is opposing the effort. Bender is expected to argue that Jake’s has a history of lawsuits that allege dangerous overserving of customers by the bar’s waiters, and information about this latest settlement is in the public’s interest…